The “arbiters of what our voters see”: Facebook and Google's struggle with policy, process, and enforcement around political advertising
D Kreiss, SC McGregor - Political Communication, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The question of how Facebook and Google make and justify decisions regarding
permissible political advertising on their platforms is increasingly important. In this paper, we
focus on the US case and present findings from interviews with 17 former social media firm
employees (n= 7) and political practitioners (n= 11). We also analyze emails (n= 45)
exchanged between Facebook government and elections staffers and two campaigns, a US
gubernatorial (2017) and presidential campaign (2016), regarding the platform's policies in …
permissible political advertising on their platforms is increasingly important. In this paper, we
focus on the US case and present findings from interviews with 17 former social media firm
employees (n= 7) and political practitioners (n= 11). We also analyze emails (n= 45)
exchanged between Facebook government and elections staffers and two campaigns, a US
gubernatorial (2017) and presidential campaign (2016), regarding the platform's policies in …